The origin of Wing Chun

Chinese martial arts is profound, has a long history, has a wide lack of public foundation, is the treasure of Chinese culture, the society generally circulated "North has Taiji, South has Wing Chun". Wing Chun belongs to one of the traditional southern boxing, is a major school of martial arts, created in the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Qianlong years.

Wing Chun, Shaolin one of the direct transmission of martial arts, Wing Chun two words is to remember the founder of Wing Chun Yim Wing Chun Sifu. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Yan Er (a native of Fujian), a member of the Guangdong "Heaven and Earth Society", and his daughter, Yan Yongchun, traveled far away from the Sichuan and Yunnan border areas to avoid trouble, and lived at the foot of the Daliang Mountain, where they sold bean curd for a living. By chance, they met Mrs. Wu Mei, a master of the Southern Shaolin martial arts. Since then, Yim Wing Chun has been learning White Crane Boxing from Mrs. Ng Mui, practicing diligently day and night, in both summer and winter. Later on, Yan Wing Chun realized the way of boxing after seeing a fight between a snake and a crane, and was corrected by Sifu Wu Mei, thus he became a great master of martial arts. Yim Wing Chun asked Mrs. Ng Mui to name the martial art, and Mrs. Ng Mui named it "Wing Chun". Thus the name Wing Chun was born. Yim Wing Chun and later married to Liang Bo Companion, and passed his martial arts skills to Bo Companion, his husband has been Wing Chun's transmission, and then Wing Chun with her husband back to Nanxiong, northern Guangdong, to pass on the art to the performance of Cantonese opera troupe "Le Rong Hua" martial arts Huang Huabao (Heshan, Guangdong) Huang Huabao and Liang Er Di due to the Red Boat * * * thing, the two Wing Chun and the Shaolin six-and-a-half-points stick method of exchange practice, day and night to observe and practice. The two exchanged practice, day and night observation, each other, make up for the shortcomings of each other, the two sides of the martial arts into one, the formation of the Shaolin six and a half stick and double knife for the practice of Wing Chun must be repaired weapons.

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Huabao and Liang Erdi passed on the skills of Southern Shaolin and Wing Chun to Liang Zan, a pawnbroker in Chopsticks Street, Foshan (a native of Gulao, Heshan), and Liang Zan was recommended to Yim Wing Chun for further study. Liang Zan later opened a bone-setting clinic in Chopsticks Street, where he practiced medicine to help the world and became quite famous. Because of his excellent medical skills, extensive travels and good connections, the people of Foshan respectfully called him Mr. Zan. After learning Wing Chun from his master, Mr. Zhan, with his natural talent, he studied hard and improved Wing Chun in terms of body shape and techniques. During the late Qing Dynasty, Wing Chun's Kung Fu system of boxing, sticks, knives and stakes had been perfected and became famous in the Lingnan area. Afterwards, Leung Tsan taught his son, Leung Yuen Fuk, Leung Pik Wo and other relatives, as well as Chan Wah Shun and other disciples in Foshan, and Chan Wah Shun passed on his skills to Chen Ru-Min, Yip Man and other disciples. Liang Zan in his later years back to Heshan residence, compiled a set of "Liang family Wing Chun" and condensed into the essence of the creation of Gulau bias Wing Chun, taught in the Gulau Township people Wang Huasan and other disciples, and Fung Chaozhen is Wang Huasan disciples of the more representative of the heir apparent. After that, Ip Man moved to Hong Kong in 1949, and proofread the styles of Sifu Chan Wah Shun and Sifu Leung Pik Wo, and improved Wing Chun, and set up a school to teach Wing Chun martial arts, and his reputation was very high. The most famous of his disciples made Chinese martial arts famous kung fu movie star Bruce Lee, who not only let the world know Wing Chun, but also let the world know the real Chinese kung fu.

The origin and development of Wing Chun is recognized by the community as: "Started in Yim Wing Chun, diffused in Leung Tsan, and flourished in Ip Man". Wing Chun from the origin of the development to the present, through continuous improvement and innovation, has formed a relatively complete set of martial arts system. According to estimation, there are nearly ten million Wing Chun practitioners in the world, distributed in more than sixty countries and regions. Wing Chun has become an internationally renowned cultural treasure, but also today the world's most studied Chinese martial arts.